Support for sliding doors



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SUPPORT FOR SLIDING nouns, CURTAINS, 6:0

No. 575,513. I I Patented Jan. 19-, 18.97..

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l/VILLIAM ABRAHAM, OF FAIRCHILD, AND WILLIAM SOHROEDER, OF

' AUGUSTA, WISCONSIN.

SUPPORT FOR SLIDING DOORS, CURTAINS, 84.0.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 575,513, dated January19, 1897. Application filed August 28, 1896. Berial No. 604,243. (Nomodel.)

To to whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, WILLIAM ABRAHAM, of Fairchild, and WILLIAMSCHROEDER, of Augusta, in the county of Eau Claire and State ofWisconsin, have invented a new and Improved Support for Sliding Doors,Curtains, &c. of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved support forsliding doors, curtains, and the like, and which is simple and durablein construction, not liable to get out of order, and arranged tosecurely suspend the door, curtain, or the like and to permit ofconveniently sliding the same to the desired place.

The invention consists of certain parts and details and combinations ofthe same, as will be fully described hereinafter and then pointed out inthe claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improvement, parts being in section.Fig. 2 is a transverse section of the same. Fig. 3 is a side elevationof the double hook forming the hanger, and Fig. 4 is a transversesection of the tube and its support.

Referring to the drawings, B is a hanger secured to the upper end of thedoor or ourtain A and extending upwardly through the slot 0 into theinterior of the tube 0 supported on brackets D D attached to the door orwindow casing E, on which the door or curtain A is used. The tube 0forms a track for aball F having an annular groove forming an integralaxle F on the ball F and this axle is engaged by the hanger B, so as tohold said hanger properly in place on the ball, the latter supportingthe hanger and consequently the door or curtain from the tube 0 The slot0 and the groove of the ball are in alinement with each other, so thatthe doors or curtains A can be conveniently moved forward or backward toopen or close the same, the ball traveling in the slotted tube as itstrack.

The hanger B is preferably made in the form of a double hook having itsmembers B B mounted to swing on a pivot B adapted to pass through thecurtain A and carrying on its outer end a washer G.

It will be seen that when the hook members B and B are opened, as shownin Fig. 3, then the ball F can be readily inserted and engaged by thesaid hook members by closing the latter, so that the hanger B issupported from the ball at its axle F and the ball travels in theslotted tube 0 the members of the hooks extending through a slot 0 insaid tube. V

In the drawings but one hanger and ball are shown, but it will beunderstood that two or more will be employed for a door or curtain. Bythe arrangement described the door, curtain, or the like can be readilymoved into the desired position.

The entire device is very neat in appearance, is not liable to get outof order, and can readily be applied for various purposes besides theones mentioned.

Having thus described our invention, we claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- 1. Asupport for sliding doors, curtains andthe like, comprising a slotted tube forming a track, a grooved balltraveling in the said tube and having its groove registering with theslot of the tube, and a hanger formed of overlapping hook-shaped membersengaging said grooved ball and extending through the said slot to carrythe door, curtain or the like, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a support for sliding doors, curtains and the like, thecombination of a slotted tube forming a track, a grooved ball travelingin the tube, and a hanger formed of two members pivoted together andprovided with oppositely projecting hooks extending up through the slotof the tube and engaging" the members, substantially as shown anddegroove of the ball, substantially as described. scribed.

A support for doors or curtains, provided LIAM ABRAHAM with a hangerha-vin two hooked members 7 J Z adapted to engage a grooved ball, apivot for ILLIAM SOHROEDER the said members, and awasher on said pivot,\Vitnesses: to clamp the door or curtain in place between G. \V. PAUL,

the Washer and the pivot end of the hook B. G. ERNER.

